Kate Flitcroft
Co-Head of Department UK
Lot 7
GOLD AND ENAMEL MEMORIAL RING, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
26 April 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,845 inc. premium
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Jennifer Tonkin
Co-Head of Department UK
Charlotte Glyde
Specialist Consultant
GOLD AND ENAMEL MEMORIAL RING, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The textured tricoloured band applied with engraved floral and foliate motifs, the central oval plaque decorated in blue, white and green enamel, with a forget-me-not flower between the initials, M R, within a chased surround, opening to reveal a recess to the band that would have once contained strands of hair, ring size V½
Footnotes
Provenance:
D. S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd, 139A New Bond Street, London
A Private Collection of Jewels and Portrait Miniatures of Bourbon Interest
Lots 1 - 16 form part of a private collection of jewels, portrait miniatures and objects de vertu, predominantly relating to the Bourbon dynasty and dating from the 17th century onwards. Bourbon monarchs united France and part of the kingdom of Navarre in 1589, ruling both until the French Revolution of 1792. Restored briefly in 1814 and finally in 1815 after the fall of the First French Empire, the senior line of the Bourbons was overthrown again in the July Revolution of 1830. A cadet Bourbon branch, the House of Orléans, then ruled for 18 years (1830–1848), until it too was deposed.
